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Then and now
Jackson County’s most photographed building – its historic Courthouse – had rows of evergreens beside its famous steps in the top photo, which was taken around 1950. Two-way traffic, which ended in 1956, was still in effect, as evidenced by the road signs signalling motorists to bear right at the west end of Main Street. N.C. 107 no longer goes through downtown as it once did; instead, the Sylva-to-South-Carolina highway now begins at Kel-Save. In this week’s photo, below, the trees are gone and the Courthouse sports a much-improved exterior, courtesy of this past year’s new paint and repairs. The Courthouse was constructed in 1913 after a special election that moved the county seat from Webster to the then-booming railroad town of Sylva; early entrepreneur C.J. Harris promised voters he would build a courthouse if they would make Sylva the county seat. The original red bricks, still visible in the older photo, were painted white in the late 1960s. – Herald file photo (top) and Herald photo by Nick Breedlove |
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